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hypercorrect
[ hahy-per-kuh-rekt ]
adjective
- overly correct; excessively fastidious; fussy:
hypercorrect manners.
- of, relating to, or characterized by hypercorrection.
hypercorrect
/ ˌhaɪpəkəˈrɛkt /
adjective
- excessively correct or fastidious
- resulting from or characterized by hypercorrection
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Derived Forms
- ˌhypercorˈrectness, noun
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Other Words From
- hyper·cor·rectly adverb
- hyper·cor·rectness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hypercorrect1
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Example Sentences
Some writers, dimly sensing that were is posher, hypercorrect themselves and use it with open possibilities, such as He looked at me as if he suspected I were cheating on him and If he were surprised, he didn’t show it.
From Literature
Labov and his successors found that people hypercorrect most in moments of self-consciousness—when switching into a shaky second language or addressing a crowd.
From Slate
At viii 15 I has the hypercorrect nil for nihil, and at xiii 26 ethereos ... deos for aetherias ... domos, but in general has few signs of deliberate alteration.
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